More than chronological coincidence brings together Ty Cobb and Ernest Hemingway, who never met, in this play set in late autumn 1960. Cobb was dying of cancer and other ailments but still driving himself around the country, and Hemingway had been admitted to the Mayo Clinic, ostensibly for hypertension and other physical ailments but actually for what might now be diagnosed as bi-polar disorder with strong suicidal tendencies. They both died about eight months later in July of 1961. Here ...

In this soaring and deeply provacative tragicomedy of race, class, and manners, John Guare has created the msot important American play in years. Six Degrees of Separation is one of those rare works that capture both the supercharged pulse of our present era and the deepest and most mysterious movements of the human heart.Six Degrees of Separation won the 1990 New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play, as well as the Hull Warriner Award and the Obie.

Suzan-Lori Parks continues her examination of black people in history and stage through the life of the so-called "Hottentot Venus," an African woman displayed semi-nude throughout Europe due to her extraordinary physiognomy; in particular, her enormous buttocks. She was befriended, bought and bedded by a doctor who advanced his scientific career through his anatomical measurements of her after her premature death.

The secret of writing a successful screenplay is sought after by ever-growing numbers of scribes and enthusiasts. Screenwriters' Masterclass offers state-of-the-art advice in that line, through interviews with nineteen of the leading scriptwriters of our day whose insights are invaluable to any aspirant.Each interview guides the reader entertainingly through the creation process of the film; how the writer handled the painstaking process of creating a three-dimensi...

This is a musical stage-play (NOT screenplay) with one set, six-characters & a TV.Characters: BOBBI - F, 30KEN - M, 30BRAD - M, 35JANET - F, 25AGENT PAPERCLIP - M, 50AGENT MOCKINGBIRD - M, 40A woman, at the urgings of her television & two Illuminati-agents, breaks up with her boyfriend.An Orwellian dystopia; desert-rock sci-fi GuignolDefinitely adult-themed material & some language; set, costumes & makeup are minimalist; tw...

What would happen if you had a flying phobia and you had to take a plane?What if everyone was waiting for you and you were still not ready to get on the plane?What's the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear the word, "pink?"What would you do if you are not allowed to eat or drink in public in the extreme heat?Two men ran into two women on the plane and they were about to explore an exotic destination.This story takes readers to explore this e...

Hayward Templeton is a student psychiatrist at Iowa University who gets dragged into playing in a co-ed baseball game. Elected as the team's pitcher, he bones up on the internet the night before and learns how to throw a screwball. His quirky delivery is a success and his team wins. During the celebration however, the team drops him on his head. While unconscious, his classmates discuss an upcoming test on mental disorders. When Hayward comes to, he begins experiencing - unknowingly - one-...

Arrested for panhandling with $20k in his bag, Danny Feldman is confronted by a system determined to institutionalize him "in his own best interests." His freedom depends on the defense of a compassionate lawyer who volunteers to represent him against all odds. Danny's struggle touches our hearts. FELDMAN raises questions about justice, mental health, individual rights, what it is to be free.

Elephants, Allergies, and Iguana Chanukah is a collection of one act length comedy audio theater scripts. The scripts require multiple actors and are well-suited for presentation by school and community theaters. Joy's Bug's Blues tells of an unfortunate encounter with an elephant. In Take Your Best Shot, a man develops allergies to political parties but his allergist has the cure. The Gift is a Chanukah tale involving the rescue of an injured iguana and its impact on the family members, b...

This book is about people who left their country to find work in a different one. They also look to have a better lifestyle. Some light is shed on the detail in certain days of these characters. An introduction to a group of people who find friendship. The characters are a segment of this towns society, who has found work in fields that require a certain degree of specialization. Some of them are here because they continue to live here, having come as children with their families; others j...

In this riveting first novel, Jason Williams grabs his readers and pulls them on an exciting, fast-paced, gripping ride through the complex, complicated, sexy, violent life in his Street Fam.The narrator’s best friend, his Street Brother Low, is dead. Closer than DNA or blood and bones could have made them, Low is the main member of his Street Fam. The narrator is determined to find out and find out fast who did it. Fully focused on delivering justice in the form of reveng...

There are 20 assemblies for teachers to use when producing a class assembly. Most of them are written in rhymes so it is easy for children to learn parts. The Easter Story assembly had the most hits when it appeared on an assembly website.